The title question arose from a panel session at the recent ITTE/Mirandanet Conference, ‘Raising Digital Aspirations’ during which our DfE colleague, Jen Halshaw, asked conference to think about how computing technology could be deployed to alleviate some of the professional difficulties in both the initial recruitment of new teachers and longer-term career stability and satisfaction, i.e. recruitment and retention (R&R). Following the conference a discussion ensued on the MirandaLink mailing list in response to the question and a number of comments and suggestions were put forward.